Notification ios

matteos1 · June 17, 2019, 2:00pm

I created the following automation in order to group all the media player notifications. but something doesn’t work. could anyone take a look? thank you

- id: Home player playing notification
  alias: 'Home player playing notification'
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_kodi_add_on_localhost
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_tv_ue48ju7500
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_01ad68da_eea9_43a2_8af2_7901942af3fc
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: 'media_player.plex_plex_f872035d665e6f7f_com_plexapp_android'
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.apple_tv
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.kodi_i7
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.cucina_home_mini
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.spotify
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: 'media_player.2o_echo_dot_di_matteo'
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.multisound
      to: 'playing'
  condition: []
  action:
    - service: notify.ios_iphone_matteo
      data_template:
        title: "Smart Home Alerts"
        message: >-
          {%- if states('trigger.to_state.state') == 'playing' -%}
            Media Player Playing {{ state_attr('trigger.entity_id', 'media_content_type') }} : {{ state_attr('trigger.entity_id', 'media_title') }
          {% else %}
            Media Player Stop
          {% endif %}

tom_l · June 17, 2019, 2:10pm

For a start you need an else statement to handle what happens when the trigger to state is not ‘playing’.

matteos1 · June 17, 2019, 2:25pm

i check this solution

matteos1 · June 17, 2019, 2:28pm

don’t work…

Invalid config for [automation]: invalid template (TemplateSyntaxError: unexpected ‘}’) for dictionary value @ data[‘action’][0][‘data_template’][‘message’]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 1241). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/automation/

tom_l · June 17, 2019, 3:18pm

You’re missing a } at the end of your playing message.

matteos1 · June 17, 2019, 3:54pm

ok i corrected. but unfortunately does not show the media player content.
notification occurs only when it stops playing.
I don’t know if the use of is correct
Media Player Playing {{ state_attr(‘trigger.entity_id’, ‘media_content_type’) }} : {{ state_attr(‘trigger.entity_id’, ‘media_title’) }

tom_l · June 17, 2019, 4:00pm

Your syntax looks correct but I’m not 100% sure. All I can suggest is to play some media and look at the attributes of the media player in the developer tools states menu.

matteos1 · June 17, 2019, 4:04pm

i don’t know if trigger.entity_id is correct and media_content_type’

tom_l · June 17, 2019, 4:10pm

try

{{ trigger.to_state.attributes.media_content_type }}

If media_content_type is the correct attribute. See my post above about using the dev tools states menu to determine if this is correct.

matteos1 · June 17, 2019, 4:19pm

is correct but does not even show the source of the trigger trigger.entity_id

tom_l · June 17, 2019, 4:32pm

Start playing a media file.
Go to the dev tools states menu.
Look for the media player.
Check the attributes of that media player.
Use those attributes with trigger.to_state.attributes...

matteos1 · June 17, 2019, 7:58pm

@tom_l Work but work only for the first song… for the other there isn’t notification

I think you should compare the change in the media from the previous one to the current one that is playing because the state always remains on playing

- id: Home player playing notification
  alias: 'Home player playing notification'
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_kodi_add_on_localhost
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_tv_ue48ju7500
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_01ad68da_eea9_43a2_8af2_7901942af3fc
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: 'media_player.plex_plex_f872035d665e6f7f_com_plexapp_android'
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.apple_tv
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.kodi_i7
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.cucina_home_mini
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.spotify
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: 'media_player.2o_echo_dot_di_matteo'
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.multisound
      to: 'playing'
  condition: []
  action:
    - service: notify.ios_iphone_matteo
      data_template:
        title: "Smart Home Alerts"
        message: >-
          {%- if states('trigger.to_state.state') == 'playing' -%}
            {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} is playing {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.media_title }}
          {% else %}
            {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} is playing {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.media_title }}
          {% endif %}

tom_l · June 17, 2019, 11:37pm

What if you remove the to: 'playing' from your triggers. Does that trigger on change of track?

e.g.

trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_kodi_add_on_localhost
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_tv_ue48ju7500
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_01ad68da_eea9_43a2_8af2_7901942af3fc
...etc

matteos1 · June 18, 2019, 7:21am

continues to notify the state is playing always even if the media doesn’t play

tom_l · June 18, 2019, 7:47am

Yes that’s why you have this:

{%- if states('trigger.to_state.state') == 'playing' -%}

matteos1 · June 18, 2019, 7:48am

how could I solve, so having notifications only when the media sounds and no notification is there no activity?

tom_l · June 18, 2019, 7:58am

Maybe like this (untested):

  action:
    - service_template: >
        {%- if states('trigger.to_state.state') == 'playing' -%}
          notify.ios_iphone_matteo
          data:
            title: "Smart Home Alerts"
            message: {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name }} is playing {{ trigger.to_state.attributes.media_title }}
        {% else %}
          script.a_script_that_does_nothing
        {% endif %}

You will have to also write a script that does nothing, e.g. it just calls a 1 sec delay.

matteos1 · June 18, 2019, 1:06pm

service _template and after script?
Not work

tom_l · June 18, 2019, 1:09pm

A script is a service. If it does not work what error is being generated.

petro · June 18, 2019, 1:24pm

You guys keep putting quotes around the trigger object making the if statement pointless. You then pass the string to the state machine function. That’s also a no-no because you already have the state. But if you are trying to be safe about it, you need to pass the entity_id to the states method. If you are trying to make this ‘safe’, use the following code. But to be honest, your triggers are always ‘playing’ so you don’t really need an if statement.

This will trigger on any state change. If you are playing, it will output the media. Otherwise it will just say that you’re off, paused or stopped.

  alias: 'Home player playing notification'
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_kodi_add_on_localhost
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_tv_ue48ju7500
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_01ad68da_eea9_43a2_8af2_7901942af3fc
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_f872035d665e6f7f_com_plexapp_android
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.apple_tv
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.kodi_i7
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.cucina_home_mini
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.spotify
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.2o_echo_dot_di_matteo
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.multisound
  action:
    - service: notify.ios_iphone_matteo
      data_template:
        title: "Smart Home Alerts"
        message: >
          {% if states(trigger.entity_id) == 'playing' -%}
            {{ state_attr(trigger.entity_id,'friendly_name') }} is playing {{ state_attr(trigger.entity_id,'media_title') }}
          {% else %}
            {{ state_attr(trigger.entity_id,'friendly_name') }} is {{ states(trigger.entity_id) }}
          {% endif %}

Just dealing with all playing triggers, this is all you need:

- id: Home player playing notification
  alias: 'Home player playing notification'
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_kodi_add_on_localhost
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_tv_ue48ju7500
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_01ad68da_eea9_43a2_8af2_7901942af3fc
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.plex_plex_f872035d665e6f7f_com_plexapp_android
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.apple_tv
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.kodi_i7
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.cucina_home_mini
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.spotify
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.2o_echo_dot_di_matteo
      to: 'playing'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: media_player.multisound
      to: 'playing'
  condition: []
  action:
    - service: notify.ios_iphone_matteo
      data_template:
        title: "Smart Home Alerts"
        message: >
          {{ state_attr(trigger.entity_id,'friendly_name') }} is playing {{ state_attr(trigger.entity_id,'media_title') }}

Notice how in both instances trigger objects in the templates are not wrapped in quotes. That’s your root cause for all the issues in this thread.